Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Health and Safety advice

... courtesy of this fab card:

Please take heed!

Also, while I'm here, there is one other matter I need to touch on: does anyone else have Nellie the Elephant firmly lodged in their head now?? If so, you have my abject apologies. And if it's any consolation, I can reassure you that you're not alone, because SHE'S BEEN DRIVING ME TO DISTRACTION!! Grr.

Anyway, please don't let good old Nellie (or anything else) distract you from the important shoplifting info: do please remember the advice, and stay safe out there. (Especially you, lauren - I know you have trouble with your back at the best of times, and I wouldn't want you to go aggravating anything.)

HA!!! when i saw the card (which IS hilarious, btw) i thought, "well sure, NOW she tells me!!!" ...and then i saw my name...! but seriously...that would've been SOOOOOO helpful in *NOVEMBER*, VC!!! (sheesh!) :)

(ps: i can't decide now whether i should go and listen to the nelly song or not...on the one hand, i'm dying of curiosity...on the other hand, in addition to back-strain, i'm HIGHLY susceptible to songs that get stuck in your head...i don't THINK the two things are connected, but ya never know...)

And, unlike Lauren, I shall NOT be listening to any Nellie tunes, thank you very much. And if you start to put links to these pesky tunes (ala Lesley) then I shall seriously have to consider my membership to this blog.

Damn and blast it! How did that happen? Just typing about Nellie was enough to get that ***** tune firmly lodged up there. Cheers VC!

y father (84 and a bit lala) says the only way to get rid of a tune that's stuck in your head is....to spend some time in a darkened room with your fingers in your ears singing 'Horsey Horsey' (horsey horsey, don't you stop, just let your feet go clippety clop, tail goes swish as the wheels go round, giddy-up we're homeward bound-for those of you NOT as old or well versed in silly songs!) However, after having tried it to rid my head of the neighbours theme tune....I was very quickly singing horsey horsey INSTEAD!!! But he swears it works for him, and it just MIGHT for you too!!! Fran

I just did a first aid course and there is now a new stance on artificial respiration. Believe it or not - and I swear this is true - you now have to give 2 puffs of air to every 30 pumps of the heart. The pumps should be done fairly quickly, and I quote 'sing Nellie The Elephant up to the trump, trump, trump part and that is the correct length of time to get your 30 pumps in'. I kid you not.